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Once Upon a Time

Once ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ lady______ ______ ______ ______ house______ ______ river.

Boat in the Basement

Write down everything you remember reading.

Boat in the BasementThe Boat in the Basement

A woman was building a boat in

her basement. When she had finished the

the boot, she discovered that it was

too big to go though the door. So he

had to take the boat a part to get

it out. She should of planned ahead.

Gloopy and Blit Gloopy is a borp. Blit is a lof. Gloopy klums

like Blit. Gloopy and Blit are floms. Ril had poved Blit to a jonfy. But lo had not poved Gloopy. “The jonfy is for lofs,” Blit bofd to Gloopy. “Rom are a borp.” Gloopy was not klorpy. Then Blit was not klorpy.

Questions

1.What are Gloopy and Blit? 2. Who does Gloopy klum like? 3.What did Blit bof to Gloopy? 4. Was Blit klorpy? 5. Why wasn’t Gloopy poved to the jonfy? 6. Why was Blit not klorpy?

Create Mental Images

•Drawings/ Diagrams•Charts/ Illustrations•Video or Movie Clips

Our brains remember 64,000 faster when we are presented with visuals in conjunctions with learning experiences.

Visualizing Activities

Sketch-to-Stretch

Ask QuestionsLiteral (Read the Lines) “Right There Answers”

Inferential (Read between the lines) “Have to Think About it Answers”

Applied (Read beyond the lines) “Think About it & Add my Feelings/Thoughts

Questions Activities

Thick & Thin Questions

20 Questions Game

Make InferencesGo beyond the words on the page.

Put clues together to figure out things that aren’t even writing down.

Draw conclusions and make predictions.

Inference Activities

Picture Walk

Determine Importance

Set a purpose for reading

Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction

What is important and unimportant?

Synthesize Information

Think about what you read.

What does it mean to you?

How does it fit with what you know?

Synthesizing Activities

Think-Pair-Share

Reader’s Response Journal

Non-Fiction

Other Non-Fiction Strategies

Investigations Comprehension PyramidAlpha boxes20-Square SummaryBook Pass